Shimla, Oct. 16 -- Ending the nearly three-decade legal wrangling, the Himachal Pradesh government has finally emerged as the sole owner of the Wildflower Hall property in Mashobra - along with a financial gain of Rs.401 crore.

The Himachal Pradesh high court, in its judgment on October 14, upheld the state's complete ownership of Mashobra Resort Limited (MRL), the joint venture once co-owned with the East India Hotels (EIH) group of the Oberoi chain.

The high court has ordered that the state has become the sole owner of the bank balances, share holdings and 50% of the advance against capital of the joint venture company (JVC).

Wildflower Hall is run by Mashobra Resort Ltd (MRL), in which EIH and state government had stakes but now the...